The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of the Battle of Vellinghausen, 1761 (Vellinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°39'47"N 07°59'12"E
1762Etching and engraving; printed from one copperplate on one sheet of paper; flap printed from a separate plate on a separate sheet of paper, pasted to the base map; hand coloured | Scale: 1:22,700 approx. | RCIN 732001.v
A paper flap, showing different troop positions during the battle, is pasted to the base map. The pasting position for the flap is indicated by engraved pecked lines on the base map. The detail is fainter than the base map and may have been printed from a worn plate. Another example of this map is at RCIN 733036.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a long explanation of the actions and movements of the troops.] [Bottom centre, in a cartouche representing a carved stone tablet:] RENVOY DES NOMS DES REGIMENS DE L'ARMÉE DE SA MAJESTE BRITANNIQUE AVEC LEUR N.RO DANS LE PLAN.
Condition: one fold line; guarded into volume.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [top left, below title, in title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, MDCCLXII.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GBArmy-PrussiaArmy-HanoverArmy-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line; guarded into volume
Scale: 1:22,700 approx. Scale bar: 6000 Pas [106 mm =].
62.9 x 61.6 cm (neatline)
64.1 x 61.9 cm (image)
64.7 x 63.0 cm (platemark)
80.2 x 64.8 cm (sheet; flap: 3.4 x 43.8 cm)
Printed title:
PLAN / de la BATAILLE de / VELLINGHAUSEN / Gagnié le 16 Juillet 1761 par / l’Armée de Sa Majeste Brittannique, / Sous les Ordres de S.A.Serme Mon Seigneur / LE PRINCE FERDINAND DUC / de BRUNSWIC et de LUNEBOURG, / Sur celles de la France, Commandées par / Messieurs les MARECHAUX PRINCE / de SOUBISE et DUC de BROGLIE. [top left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a long explanation of the actions and movements of the troops.] [Bottom centre, in a cartouche representing a carved stone tablet:] RENVOY DES NOMS DES REGIMENS DE L'ARMÉE DE SA MAJESTE BRITANNIQUE AVEC LEUR N.RO DANS LE PLAN.
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, cropped:] 22.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.
Subject(s)
Vellinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°39'47"N 07°59'12"E)
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